325
WGUS43 KMPX 230241
FLWMPX

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
941 PM CDT Sat Jun 22 2024

...The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a
Flood Warning for the following rivers in Minnesota...

  Minnesota River at Montevideo affecting Yellow Medicine, Chippewa
  and Lac qui Parle Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

MNC023-073-173-231745-
/O.NEW.KMPX.FL.W.0032.240624T0000Z-240630T0000Z/
/MVOM5.1.ER.240624T0000Z.240626T0600Z.240629T0600Z.NO/
941 PM CDT Sat Jun 22 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY EVENING TO SATURDAY, JUNE
29...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Minnesota River at Montevideo.

* WHEN...From Sunday evening to Saturday, June 29.

* IMPACTS...At 14.0 feet, Low lying areas and some roads along the
  river begin flooding, along with some basements of houses along
  the river.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 900 PM CDT Saturday, the stage was 13.7 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    tomorrow evening to a crest of 14.3 feet early Wednesday
    morning. It will then fall below flood stage Saturday, June
    29.
  - Flood stage is 14.0 feet.
  - Flood History...This crest compares to a previous crest of
    14.2 feet on 06/25/1991.

&&

LAT...LON 4503 9578 4498 9571 4494 9571 4493 9568
      4491 9563 4488 9567 4489 9568 4489 9572
      4492 9574 4493 9577 4494 9581 4498 9585

$$

Borghoff